Psalms 33:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 144:15 : 15 How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!
  • Ps 65:4 : 4 How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house– your holy palace.
  • Deut 33:29 : 29 You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the LORD, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
  • John 15:16 : 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
  • Ps 28:9 : 9 Deliver your people! Empower the nation that belongs to you! Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms at all times!
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine, 6 and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
  • Deut 7:6-8 : 6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth. 7 The Basis of Israel’s Election It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you– for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples. 8 Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the LORD brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
  • Ps 135:4 : 4 Indeed, the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.
  • Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel. 20 He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the LORD!
  • Jer 10:16 : 16 The LORD, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 135:4
    79%

    4Indeed, the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

  • Ps 144:15
    79%

    15How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!

  • Deut 14:2
    77%

    2For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

  • Deut 32:9
    77%

    9For the LORD’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.

  • Ps 33:13
    77%

    13The LORD watches from heaven; he sees all people.

  • Deut 7:6
    77%

    6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

  • Ps 106:5
    77%

    5so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.

  • Ps 132:13
    76%

    13Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

  • Deut 4:7
    76%

    7In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the LORD our God whenever we call on him?

  • Mal 3:12
    75%

    12“All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in a delightful land,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Deut 10:15
    75%

    15However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples– as is apparent today.

  • Ps 37:22
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    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • 1 Chr 17:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation in the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds when you drove out nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods.

    22You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O LORD, became their God.

  • 1 Chr 16:13
    75%

    13O children of Israel, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

  • Ps 47:4
    75%

    4He picked out for us a special land to be a source of pride for Jacob, whom he loves.(Selah)

  • Ps 115:12
    74%

    12The LORD takes notice of us, he will bless– he will bless the family of Israel, he will bless the family of Aaron.

  • Ps 115:15
    74%

    15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth!

  • Deut 33:29
    74%

    29You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the LORD, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

  • Isa 34:17
    74%

    17He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

  • Ps 135:12
    74%

    12He gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance to Israel his people.

  • Deut 26:19
    74%

    19Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he has said.

  • Ps 89:15
    74%

    15How blessed are the people who worship you! O LORD, they experience your favor.

  • Ps 84:12
    74%

    12O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, how blessed are those who trust in you!

  • Ps 112:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

    2His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

  • Ps 111:6
    73%

    6He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people, giving them a land that belonged to other nations.

  • Ps 28:9
    73%

    9Deliver your people! Empower the nation that belongs to you! Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms at all times!

  • Ps 29:11
    73%

    11The LORD gives his people strength; the LORD grants his people security.

  • 2 Sam 7:23
    73%

    23Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods.

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
    73%

    53After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O Sovereign LORD, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

  • Ps 65:4
    73%

    4How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house– your holy palace.

  • Ps 33:11
    73%

    11The LORD’s decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages.

  • Ps 146:5
    73%

    5How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

  • Ps 28:6
    72%

    6The LORD deserves praise, for he has heard my plea for mercy!

  • Ps 134:3
    72%

    3May the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion!

  • Zech 2:12
    72%

    12The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.

  • Ps 10:16
    72%

    16The LORD rules forever! The nations are driven out of his land.

  • 1 Chr 29:10
    72%

    10David Praises the Lord David praised the LORD before the entire assembly:“O LORD God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!

  • Ps 22:28
    72%

    28For the LORD is king and rules over the nations.

  • Ps 3:8
    72%

    8The LORD delivers; you show favor to your people.(Selah)

  • Ps 135:19
    72%

    19O family of Israel, praise the LORD! O family of Aaron, praise the LORD!

  • Ps 16:5
    72%

    5LORD, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.

  • Isa 19:25
    72%

    25The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth, saying,“Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my special possession, Israel!”

  • Ps 40:4
    72%

    4How blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!

  • Ps 66:8
    72%

    8Praise our God, you nations! Loudly proclaim his praise!

  • Ps 106:48
    72%

    48The LORD God of Israel deserves praise, in the future and forevermore. Let all the people say,“We agree! Praise the LORD!”

  • Prov 14:34
    72%

    34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

  • Jer 17:7
    72%

    7My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.

  • Ps 85:9
    72%

    9Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land.